From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tiefeng wu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Learning emacs sources Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:23:59 +0800 Message-ID: <4314c1f70907290323p453ae07drd5756b4ccbd6b8f0@mail.gmail.com> References: <4314c1f70907281928j44085466p229bab8204ea9ff2@mail.gmail.com> <8763dc5g2s.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87ws5s9lmw.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1248863081 26758 80.91.229.12 (29 Jul 2009 10:24:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:24:41 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 29 12:24:34 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MW6Kl-00087P-Vw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:24:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55551 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MW6Kk-0005XZ-VY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:24:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MW6KM-0005NZ-7l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MW6KH-0005MO-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:24:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55188 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MW6KG-0005ML-Ok for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:24:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f172.google.com ([209.85.210.172]:36878) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MW6KG-0007GJ-B8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:24:00 -0400 Original-Received: by yxe2 with SMTP id 2so1232889yxe.14 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:23:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=FJjlSuUDtIPDZ3DEJpULqsosEmuWMhkUHTPKzOPahME=; b=qPIAEtwGPY5USlfWYkedVZ/kKJyOYqLKxSX1yJSlXrmvEp68rDDZYPr0qIUJLctnCy vkpUIdrwRalRJ14tJp6b/vq/kL9W835J7HEIWp9Az/YfYzv4UQDXiFxHoEuop1EBhYl/ B9RZbQgt+l9hYMOFaI5wMhI9N7Akc2z96+VZM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=rijn6JLpSC3nEJ5E4PupGJrNKxDttkFVIf7aE2aNrUpeswX7goyeoWpfy3CJ9WMLWv Rj+XR2jJ8yIiXv4LGbVjalgUkTOb/wNOlN1WnIsE8gDHVdskbrvGVBpwqvNVuvFnZGET 7eB44eS4TdEA9REFNOx8mhAlOURBwB+a9seUs= Original-Received: by 10.100.239.16 with SMTP id m16mr11619751anh.192.1248863039775; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:23:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87ws5s9lmw.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:113334 Archived-At: 2009/7/29 Stephen J. Turnbull : > Chong Yidong writes: > =A0> Reading the source in one go is probably not feasible. =A0If you are > =A0> interested in how one particular part of Emacs works, a good strateg= y is > =A0> to read the relevant part of the Lisp manual, try to formulate a set= of > =A0> specific questions, then ask this mailing list. > > If you want to understand the design overview, then > > =A0 =A0http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-paper.html > > (the basic textbook for "Emacs 101", authored by Richard Stallman) and > > =A0 =A0http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/21.5/html/internals_14.html > > ... Thank you both YiDong and Stephen for your attentions. Your replies are very helpful. I'll have more specific questions next time :-) tiefeng wu 2009-07-29